Food and Literature Food is one thing that is essential in the body of a human being and. Eating is correlated with food has been found to be connected with the social functioning of human beings. Some of the behaviors and rituals observed while eating as well as the company one chooses to foster when eating and dining has an importance when it comes to the building of good understanding among human beings in the society (Kinkead, Evelyn &Lynne, 246) . The psychoanalytic theory in place has held the thought that the eating habits employed by an individual can be useful in self-identity as well as defining the family class and social status as well the ethnic group of a particular individual. Food and eating practices have been part of literature for such a long time. Themes related to food are found in a vast number of literature books, and they have been used so as to bring about visual as well as verbal impact in the works of literature. Teatime is the most common type of setting of food in the children’s literature works. The teatime in the children’s literature has been known to bring about a sense of harmony or disharmony. It is through the teatime that the characters in the book will get to learn about things in their surrounding environment. Food in other literature works has also been using to bring out the sense of coziness and plenty. Apart from portraying the civilization and the social order in the society, food has also been used to exemplify the limitations and the excesses that exist in the fantasy world of a child. In the adult, literature food has an important role to play as well. Food in certain adult literature has been used to portray the complexities of human beings, and apart from this, it has also been used to bring out a sense of richness and the indefinability of the experience of human beings. Food and acting have also found importance in the dramas and plays as they bring out the realism of the drama or the play in action as eating is a significant activity. Different authors have used different foods to bring out certain meanings and themes, and thus food has been important both sensually and sensory in the works of literature (Kinkead, Evelyn &Lynne, 242) . The dining rituals that are seen among individuals are used to exemplify human behavior and their desires. Food metaphors have been used so as to classify people based on the social class and their status in the society. In some books, it has been noted that the authors made use of food to explicate the struggles that an African American had to undergo. Therefore food has been used as an indicator of the social class of individuals in the society as well as the ethnicity of an individual (Walker, Renee, Christopher &Jessica, 888) . Food has also been employed in the feminist works of literature to bring out the issues of gender. In the literature works, food brings out the sense of sexual politics as well as social dislocation. The kitchen has been used to ...

1. Food and Literature
Food is one thing that is essential in the body of a human being
and. Eating is correlated with food has been found to be
connected with the social functioning of human beings. Some of
the behaviors and rituals observed while eating as well as the
company one chooses to foster when eating and dining has an
importance when it comes to the building of good understanding
among human beings in the society
(Kinkead, Evelyn &Lynne, 246)
. The psychoanalytic theory in place has held the thought that
the eating habits employed by an individual can be useful in
self-identity as well as defining the family class and social
status as well the ethnic group of a particular individual. Food
and eating practices have been part of literature for such a long
time. Themes related to food are found in a vast number of
literature books, and they have been used so as to bring about
visual as well as verbal impact in the works of literature.
Teatime is the most common type of setting of food in the
children’s literature works. The teatime in the children’s
literature has been known to bring about a sense of harmony or
disharmony. It is through the teatime that the characters in the
book will get to learn about things in their surrounding
environment. Food in other literature works has also been using
to bring out the sense of coziness and plenty. Apart from
portraying the civilization and the social order in the society,
food has also been used to exemplify the limitations and the
excesses that exist in the fantasy world of a child.
In the adult, literature food has an important role to play as
well. Food in certain adult literature has been used to portray
the complexities of human beings, and apart from this, it has
also been used to bring out a sense of richness and the
indefinability of the experience of human beings. Food and
acting have also found importance in the dramas and plays as
they bring out the realism of the drama or the play in action as

2. eating is a significant activity. Different authors have used
different foods to bring out certain meanings and themes, and
thus food has been important both sensually and sensory in the
works of literature
(Kinkead, Evelyn &Lynne, 242)
.
The dining rituals that are seen among individuals are used to
exemplify human behavior and their desires. Food metaphors
have been used so as to classify people based on the social class
and their status in the society. In some books, it has been noted
that the authors made use of food to explicate the struggles that
an African American had to undergo. Therefore food has been
used as an indicator of the social class of individuals in the
society as well as the ethnicity of an individual
(Walker, Renee, Christopher &Jessica, 888)
. Food has also been employed in the feminist works of
literature to bring out the issues of gender. In the literature
works, food brings out the sense of sexual politics as well as
social dislocation. The kitchen has been used to portray the
marginalization of women which the feminist are trying to
overcome. The feminist considers the kitchen to be a
confinement place for the women, but there exist other authors
who view it as a woman's domain.
In conclusion, food has played a critical role in the works of
literature ranging from that of the children to that of the adults
as well as that of the women in the society. In one way or
another food has been used to exemplify the social class,
ethnicity as well as the behaviors of human beings in the works
in which they have been used.